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Reforms: TU leaders wary of State's plan

Special Correspondent

State to conduct survey on loss-making RTC routes

HYDERABAD: The State Government has written to Collectors and APSRTC to conduct a survey on the loss-making routes in spite of taking a decision to keep the controversial GO 5 on PSU reforms in abeyance. Levelling this charge in a letter to Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy here on Saturday, six trade union leaders expressed apprehensions about the Government's intent.

S. Veeraiah (CITU), P. J. Chandrasekhar Rao (AITUC), S. N. C. Krishnamacharyulu (HMS), S. Mallesham (BMS), C. Satish Kumar (TNTUC) and K. Sudheer (UTUC-LS), in the letter, asserted that only scrapping of the GO and the Implementation Secretariat of the Industries Department would be able to satisfy the working class.

The leaders accused the Government of implementing the third phase of PSU reforms along with those left pending in the second phase. This only showed that the Government had continued with the same policy of the previous TDP regime.

They ridiculed Dr. Reddy's contention that he would never act against the interests of employees even when the Government initiated a move to do away with the services of 65,000 by releasing the GO, sacked 487 employees of the Andhra Pradesh Housing Board and ignored the High Court's directive to reinstate two officials of the Andhra Pradesh Agro-Industry Corporation.

The letter cautioned the Government that it would also be forced out of power if it continued with the `anti-employee policy' as adopted by the TDP Government.

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